meánach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish medónach (compare Scottish Gaelic meadhanach). By surface analysis, meán (“middle; mean; medium; average”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɑːn̪ˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɑːnˠəx/, /ˈmʲɑːn̪ˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲæːnˠa(x)/, /ˈmʲæːn̪ˠa(x)/
Adjective edit
meánach (genitive singular masculine meánaigh, genitive singular feminine meánaí, plural meánacha, comparative meánaí)
Declension edit
Declension of meánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meánach | mheánach | meánacha; mheánacha² | |
| Vocative | mheánaigh | meánacha | ||
| Genitive | meánaí | meánacha | meánach | |
| Dative | meánach; mheánach¹ |
mheánach; mheánaigh (archaic) |
meánacha; mheánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos meánaí | |||
| Superlative | is meánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- an Baile Meánach (“Ballymena”)
- fomheánach (“submediant”, adjective)
- neamh-mheánach (“immediate”)
- néaróg mheánach f (“median nerve”)
Noun edit
meánach m (genitive singular meánaigh, nominative plural meánaigh)
Declension edit
Declension of meánach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meánach | mheánach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “medónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “meánach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “meánach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.